Cambodia buying 'tens of thousands' of Chinese weapons: PM

Jul 29,2019
Cambodia has purchased "tens of thousands" of weapons from China, premier Hun Sen said Monday, providing rare details of arms deals with Beijing just days after denying a secret agreement to allow Chinese warships to use a local naval base.
Armed group kills at least 65 people in Nigeria
Jul 29
An armed group in Nigeria has attacked people who had been attending a funeral, leaving at least 65 dead.
3 killed, 1 missing as mine collapses in Indonesia
Jul 29
At least three people were killed and one remained missing after a tin mine collapsed in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province, after the body of one more miner was retrieved on Sunday, a disaster agency official said.
At least 3 dead, 1 injured in shooting in southern France
Jul 29
At least three people were killed and one was injured in a shooting in southern France on Sunday evening, local media reported.
Report: Three killed in California shooting
Jul 29
The New York Times quotes a city councilman as saying three people are dead and 12 are injured in a mass shooting at a food festival in California. He did not know if the number of injured includes the three fatalities.
Wildfires on the rise in the Arctic
Jul 29
An unusually large number of wildfires have been reported in Arctic regions of the United States and Russia in the past two months.
Afghan presidential election campaign starts
Jul 29
Presidential election campaigning got underway in Afghanistan on Sunday with the focus on improving the country's security. But the day brought yet another terrorist attack this time targeting the office of a vice-presidential candidate.